Broom



Patented Der. 11,1923.

NHT TuS CLAUDIUS VANSOR, OF I-IEIVIPSTEAD, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM B. WANSOR,

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OF LOC'UST VALLEY, LONG ISLAND, NEVI' YORK.

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Application filed September 13, 1922.

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDIUS WANson, a resident of Hempstead, Long y1slandin the county of Nassau and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of which the following is a speciication. y

This invention relates to that type of brooms or mops in which a worn head may be readily detached from the handle and a new head substituted therefor, the object of the present improvements being to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive means for attaching the handle to the head which will hold secure the head against accidental detachment but permit its ready removal when occasion requires.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter fully set forth and defined. p

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a broom embodying my present invention.

Figure 2 is a section of the same taken longitudinally of the handle.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section of the lower end of the handle with the head therein taken in a plane at a right angle to the plane of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged section through the lower end of the handle and the cap with the head removed.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a tubular handle which may be of metal and preferably consists of a lower member 1 and an upper member 2 detachably coupled to the lower member in any approved manner, an anchor 3 being provided in the lower member. The anchor is illustrated in the 'form of a diametric pin extending across the handle member over which is engaged an eye or hook 4 at the upper end of a retractile spring 6. vThe spring 6 is housed within the handle member 1 and its lower extremity normally projects Jfrom the handle just enough to lie within the top portion of a socket or cap 7 which is carried by the lower end of the handle and is, preferably integral therewith. The socket or cap 7 is of proper form and dimensions to fit snugly around the upper end of the broom head 8 which is of well-known form and composed of straw bound together at their upper ends by bands of stitching 9. Portions ot the bands of stitching are carried vhead and cannot pull out.

Serial No. 588,100.

through the broom head, as shown most clearly in Figure 3, and a hook-eye 10 is embeddedin the head in the course or" manufacture of the latter. As shown, the hook 11 of the hook-eye is disposed within the broom head immediately under some of the bands 9 so that it will be securely anchored in the The eye 12 of the hook-eye is disposed just above therupper end of the head and is adapted to be engaged with a hook 13 Jformed on the lower end v of the spring 6, and it will be noted, more particularly on reference to Figure 4, that a lat-eral loop or hook 14 is formed at the side of the hook 13 by suitably bending the wire of the spring. This supplemental hook or loop is engaged under the edge yolf' the cap 7 when a worn-out head is removed and the spring is thereby prevented from withdrawing into the handle during the interval between the removal of a worn-out head and the insertion of a new head.

To attach a head to the handle, the hook 13 of the spring is engaged by any convenient tool and the spring is pulled out and elongated sufficiently to permit the hook 14 to be engaged under the edge of the cap and hold the spring while the head isrbeing brought into position. The eye 12 of the head is then engaged over the hook 13, and the hook 14 released whereupon the spring will retract, and it will, by retracting, draw the head into the socket. When the head is worn out, it is simply pulled from the socket against the tension of the spring the hook 14 engaged with the cap and the eye 12 disengaged t'rom the hoo-k 13. The spring may be permitted to retract while a new head is being brought into position but the hook will impinge against the inner surface of the socket, as shown in Figure 2, and will thereby prevent the spring passing completely into the handle so that the hook 13 will be held in such position that it may be easily engaged by a withdrawing tool.

My `invention minimizes the number of parts necessary to a practical detachablehead broom and provides an exceedingly simple and inexpensive but etlicient means for connecting the head to the handle and expediting the substitution of a new head for a worn-out head. While I have illustrated the invention as applied to a broom head, and have so described it, for convenience, it s not limited to brooms but iS cap carried by the lower end of the handle,

applicable to mops and similar implements.

Having described my invent-ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of United States is:

l. The combination 'of a hollow handle, a cap carried by the lower end of the handle, a head adapted to t snugly in the cap, a holding device secured in the head and projecting above the upperv end thereof, a yield-v ing retaining member anchored in the handle, and means carried by the lower end of said retaining member to engage the upper end of the holding device and adapted to engage under the edge-of the cap when `thehead has been removed.

2. The combination offva hollow handle, a

a head adapted to `fit snugly inthe cap, a holding device secured in the head and projecting above the upper end thereof7 a yielding retaining member anchored in thel handle, the lower end of said retaining member formed to engage the upper end of the holding device and also to engage under the edge of the cap'when the'head has been removed. f

The combination of a hollow handle, a cap carried by the lower end of the handle, a head adapted to tit snugly in the cap, a holding device secured in the head and projecting above the upper end of the same, a yielding retaining member anchored in the handle, a hoolrcarried by the lower end of saidy retaining member to engagethe upper end ofthe holding device, and a second 'lateral hook on the retaining member to engage under the edge of the cap when the head has been removed.

In testimony whereoil I hereunto affix my signature.

CLAUDlUS WANSOR.

Certicate of Correction.

It is hereby eertilied that lLetters Patent No. 1,477,468, granted December 11, 1923, upon the application of Claudius VanSor, of Hempstead, New York, for an improvement in Brooms, were erroneously issued to Villiam B. llansol, of Locust Valley, Long Island, New York as the assignee of the entire interest in Said invention, Whereas said Letters Patent should have been issued to the inventor, said ('Mwttus Wenst/r, tr/.ct l'l/Yttttftm B. U70/m00, said lVilliain B. VVansor being assignee of one-half interest only in said invention, as shown by the record ot assignments in this ofice; and that the said Letters Patent should be read With this Correction therein that the same may conform to the record ot the case in the Patent Oliee.

Signed and sealed this 22d day of January, A. 13,1924.

[SEAL] KARL FENNING,

Acting Uommz'sstoaer of Patents. 

